Today, we recognised Remembrance Day. We watched Year 6 do a fantastic assembly via teams in our classroom, took part in the 2 minute silence and created some beautiful art work. We created silhouettes by shading the back of a printed silhouette and pushing the pencil into our art work Read more
This week, Year 5 have made an excellent start to their new topic ‘Stargazers’ by learning about the planets. We began by creating art work for the front covers of our books, then we learnt the names of the planets and the order from the sun. We created mnemonics to Read more
Miss Lomax and Miss Steele would like all the parents and carers of the children in Juniper and Pine, to know how proud we are of them. They have made such a fantastic start to Year 5. They have worked hard, adapted to changes well and produced some amazing work. Read more
As part of our topic lessons, we have learnt about which animals and insects are friends of the garden and which are foe. We then designed and made our own garden bugs. We created the shape using newspaper, then added mod rock and left to harden, before painting and adding Read more
October is Black History Month in the Uk. Today we learnt about why Black History is celebrated, and about significant people within black history, including Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Mary Seacole, Barack Obama and George Washington Cava. We then created our own fact files.
Today the school celebrated World Mental Health day by coming dressed in Yellow, to raise money for YoungMinds, and participating in a number of well-being activities. Classes across the school took part in lessons and discussions about what mental health is, why looking after our mental health is important and Read more
As part of our topic this half-term, we are learning about farming, so today we made a special virtual visit to Cronkshaw Fold Farm. A farmer took us on a tour whilst doing his daily farm jobs. We checked in on the goats, collected the eggs from the hens and Read more
Today we learnt about the different parts of a flower and their roles. We then dissected a Lilly, separating and labelling each part, including the stamen, stigma, filament etc. Tomorrow we will be using this knowledge to write complex sentences about plant reproduction.
Today we had an art lesson which was linked to our topic Allotment. We first learnt various shading techniques and practised this using various graphic pencils. We then chose a fruit or vegetable to sketch and shade from observation.
This half-term Year 5’s topic is Allotment. The children have already made a fantastic start by clearing up Kaden’s garden which we will be using for many of our lessons. Today, we had a visit, out in the garden, from Jamie who runs a local allotment. He gave us lots Read more